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A review by atlanticgiantpumpkin
What Was the Holocaust? by Gail Herman, Who HQ
5.0
This is a very tasteful yet honest way on how to inform children about the Holocaust. As non-biased as they usually are, they made sure to keep the same non-biased tone while not giving a trace of doubt that Hitler was any sort of decent man. You could tell the author was so badly wanting to throw vulgarity after vulgarity at him, just being shy of calling him a loser.
I thought this might have been a coincidence, but seeing as this book was published in 2017, the "Could Germany be great again? Yes!" line was a bit... on the nose. Don't get me wrong, I hate Trump as much as the next socialist, but this might keep some parents from letting their children from reading this book, and I feel that every child should, and then allow themselves to find their own parallels between the Hitler's Nazi Party and any other current political party and its leader.
This book went very into detail, showing how gradual the switch was from a mere strict leadership to utter racist totalitarianism. I also appreciated how they called Romanis "Roma people" rather than the g-word, and they didn't shy away from talking about homosexuals, which often get left out of the Holocaust conversation. They even went as far as to include two triangle-sporting men on the cover of the book.
After reading this book, I'd love to see books about topics that don't often get talked about in elementary and middle schools, such as the Stonewall Riots, Harvey Milk, the AIDS crisis, or other LGBT historical issues. I feel that WhoHQ would tastefully detail these stories. I am so thankful for this series.
I thought this might have been a coincidence, but seeing as this book was published in 2017, the "Could Germany be great again? Yes!" line was a bit... on the nose. Don't get me wrong, I hate Trump as much as the next socialist, but this might keep some parents from letting their children from reading this book, and I feel that every child should, and then allow themselves to find their own parallels between the Hitler's Nazi Party and any other current political party and its leader.
This book went very into detail, showing how gradual the switch was from a mere strict leadership to utter racist totalitarianism. I also appreciated how they called Romanis "Roma people" rather than the g-word, and they didn't shy away from talking about homosexuals, which often get left out of the Holocaust conversation. They even went as far as to include two triangle-sporting men on the cover of the book.
After reading this book, I'd love to see books about topics that don't often get talked about in elementary and middle schools, such as the Stonewall Riots, Harvey Milk, the AIDS crisis, or other LGBT historical issues. I feel that WhoHQ would tastefully detail these stories. I am so thankful for this series.